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Updated: 1:15 PM CDT Apr 18, 2020

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2020 SENIORS GOT THE CLOSEST THING TO A TRADITIONAL CEREMONY. REPORTER: THERE WERE ABOUT 30 SENIORS OUT HERE TONIGHT. THEY ARE PLACE -- THEY ARE SPACED APART. PEOPLE DRIVING BY CONGRATULATING THEM. THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TELLING ME THE SENIORS DESERVE TO BE CELEBRATED. LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADING THE WAY AS THE CRESCENT COMMUNITY DRIVE SPY TO CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 2020. NOT YOUR TYPICAL GRADUATION BUT AS CLOSE AS IT GETS FOR THE SENIORS. >> THERE IS NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH THIS KURODA BUT THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL. -- WITH THIS CORONAVIRUS BUT THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL. >> OUR FOOTBALL COACH AND HIS WIFE PROBABLY WERE THE ONE THAT TOOK CARE OF MOST OF THIS. REPORTER: THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SAYS WITH EVERYTHING THEY ARE DEALING WITH, THEY DESERVE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. >> IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE. IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, AND HAVING TO STAY AT HOME UPPER FROM YOUR FRIENDS, THESE ARE THE MOMENTS YOU HAVE BEEN LEADING UP TO YOUR WHOLE ACADEMIC CAREER. REPORTER: LOOKING AHEAD DESPITE THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

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Crescent community honors high school seniors who can’t have traditional graduation ceremony

Law enforcement led the way Friday night as the Crescent community drove by and congratulated the class of 2020.It wasn't your typical graduation ceremony, but it was as close as it gets for these seniors."Can't do much with and everything, but this is really special," senior Alex Laxton said."It's just really cool," senior Trent Fisher added. Hours of work went into sending out notifications and getting everything set up."It's a great thing," Crescent Superintendent Bart Watkins said.Part of the set-up included senior portraits being tethered to light poles throughout the city."Our football coach, Fisher and his wife, probably, the ones who fueled most of it," Watkins said.Watkins said the high school seniors deserve a night to remember with everything they're dealing with."It's been a struggle as far as if you're a senior and all the different milestones that go with that and having to stay at home and being away from your friends, and this has been that moment you've been leading up to your whole academic career," he said.Those at the celebration are looking ahead despite the circumstances."There's nothing I could've done to stop it, so I just look on the bright side," Trent Fisher said.

CRESCENT, Okla. —

Law enforcement led the way Friday night as the Crescent community drove by and congratulated the class of 2020.

It wasn't your typical graduation ceremony, but it was as close as it gets for these seniors.

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"Can't do much with [coronavirus] and everything, but this is really special," senior Alex Laxton said.

"It's just really cool," senior Trent Fisher added.

Hours of work went into sending out notifications and getting everything set up.

"It's a great thing," Crescent Superintendent Bart Watkins said.

Part of the set-up included senior portraits being tethered to light poles throughout the city.

"Our football coach, [J.L.] Fisher and his wife, probably, [are] the ones who fueled most of it," Watkins said.

Watkins said the high school seniors deserve a night to remember with everything they're dealing with.

"It's been a struggle as far as if you're a senior and all the different milestones that go with that and having to stay at home and being away from your friends, and this has been that moment you've been leading up to your whole academic career," he said.

Those at the celebration are looking ahead despite the circumstances.

"There's nothing I could've done to stop it, so I just look on the bright side," Trent Fisher said.